Following his confirmation as transportation secretary, Sean Duffy issued a memo requiring the prioritization of transportation funding based on community marriage and birth rates, favoring higher rates than the national average. This directive has drawn sharp criticism from Democratic senators who label it as alarmingly dystopian. Additionally, the memo seeks to limit vaccine and mask mandates among funded projects and enforce immigration cooperation. The implications manifest notably for Republican-majority states, which often exhibit these higher demographic statistics, raising concerns over equitable funding distribution.
Distributing transportation funding based on marriage and birth rates is bizarre and a little creepy. States with aging populations tend to have lower birth rates.
The memo instructs prioritizing communities with higher than average marriage and birth rates, raising questions about fairness in transportation funding.
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